Holder for sales-checks.



N0..828,o44. PATBNTED AUG. 7, 1906.

E. D. MOKENNA. HOLDER POR SALES CHECKS.

APPLIOATIONFILED FEB.10.1906.

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EDWARD D. MCKENNA, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR SALES-CH EGKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1906.

Application filed February 10, 1906. Serial No. 300,390.

To all whom, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. MCKENNA, a citizen of the United States, residing at 209 Nassau street, Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iolders for Sales-Checks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to holders for sales-checks, and has for its object the provision of a simple, durable, and convenient form of such devices whereby the sales-checks may be conveniently and securely retained in the holder and yet the st ubs thereof may be readily and speedily replaced by a new set of sales-checks without the necessity of special unlocking devices.

In some of the prior devices for holding sales-checks it was generally considered necessary to so devise the construction that no check or stub could be removed from the holder without a special unlockin device, such as a key, for instance. This, Iiowever, led to much trouble in the rush of business when a replenishment of checks became necessary. In such case the Waiter in a restaurant using such special devices was compelled to go to a particular. place and a particular person to secure the unlocking-key before he could take out the old stubs and replenish the sales-checks. In the present invention, however, these objectionable delays are overcome by providing on vthe exterior of the hinged cover of the holder a locking device or catch which can be moved by the thumb or finger to speedily and readily disengageit from the sales-check-retaining means, so that the person using the holder can conveniently take out the old stubs and putin a new supply of checks at the .replenishing-station, any loss being prevented by the fact that the checks are numbered consecutively and both the stub and coupon bear such number and another number corresponding to the waiters number on the holder.

The invention therefore consists of the parts and combinations, as hereinafter more fully described, and denitely pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder for sales-checks embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 isa like view with part of the coupons torn olf, leavin the stubs showing the hinged cover unlocke and turned down so that said stubs can be removed from the holder. Fig. 3 is a front view of the holder shown in Fig. 1 and illustrates the locking device in locked position on the front or exterior face of the cover. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 with the locking device in unlocked position. Fig. 5 isa central sectional view of the holder with the sales-checks removed and showin the hinged cover in its lowered position. ig. 6

is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 of another form of the invention. Fig. 7 is a central longitudinal section of. such other formy of holder. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the holder shown in Fig. 6, illustrating more particularly the locking device or catch; and

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 with the hinged cover turned downward.

The holder of the present invention comprises a box-like frame, (designated as a whole by the letter A, Figs. l and 2.) This box-like frame consists of side and bottom pieces suitably joined together and has an open sidea, Fig. 5, and likewise anopen end b, Fig. 5. To this extent there is nothing of peculiar novelty in the holder. On the interior of the holder A are the retaining means c for the sales-checks. Such retaining means in the form shown by Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, consist of beads or rods extending lon itudinally of the holder on the interior thereof, as shown in Fig. 5, and'said. retaining means, as shown in Fig. 2, are adapted to engage suitable recesses c on the edges of the stub portions of the sales-checks, (see Fig. 2,) whereby the sales-checks and their stubs are prevented from being removed upwardly from the holder, as shown in Fig. 2. The character of sales-checks used in this form of device comprise a stub d and a coupon d, supported by a line of perforations d2, whereby the coupon portion may be readily `torn from the stub portion in the usual transaction of business, as will be well understood. In order that these stub portionsA may be readily removed from the holder after the sales-checks or coupon portions thereof have beenv completely used up, there is pivotally mounted on or hinged to the box-like frame A, adj acent the open end l) thereof, a cover e, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5. This cover e may be hinged to the box-like frame A in any suitable manner; but in the present form of the invention, as shown inthe igures referred to, the cover is provided with ears e', which embrace theboX-like frame and arod e3 passes transversely of the frame through the ends of TOO ICs

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' such ears. At the other portion of the cover near the top thereof there are also embracingears e2.

The cover e at each side thereof is provided with suitable recesses e4, through which pass the projecting ends of the retaining means c, Fig. 2, such retaining means being provided with a groove c3 for engagement with locking edge f of a catch or lock F.

The catch or lock F is mounted upon the exterior surface of the cover e and is adapted to be turned to bring the locking edge f into engagement with the recesses c3 in the retaining means, as will be clear-ly understood from Figs. 3, 4, and 5, a handpiece or knob f being provided for turning the locking device or catch F upon the face of the cover e.

From the construction described it will be noted that when the cover eis turned into its closing position the ears e2 at the upper portion thereof will embrace the upper edge of the box-like frame, and thereby position the cover, and then by simply turning the lockingdevice or catch F by means of its knob f the locking edges f thereof are brought into engagement with the single notch or recess c3 on the retaining means at each side of the box-like frame.

Sustained in an upright position within the box-like frame is a follower G, having secured thereto near its upper portion a spring g, the lower end of which extends within the A box-like frame and bears u on the rear wall t thereof, whereby the sa es-checks placed within the holder are maintained in substantially rigid position and normally pressed forward or toward the cover e. The follower G, like the stub portions d of the sales-checks, is guided on the retaining means c on the interior of the box-like frame.

Any suitable means may be provided, as the strap G', on the side of the frame for i 4 holding the entire structure and its contents upon the person by means of the strap or other means, as will be well understood.

From the construction described it will be noted that the holder is adapted to receive -l and hold sales-checks and that these saleschecks may have any suitable inscription on the .face thereof-as, for instance, the checks may be numbered consecutively on the stub -and the coupon portions thereof bear such checks having been introduced and pressed 4 When a series of' backward against the follower and spring g, the cover eis turned into its closing position and the locking device or catch F turned, by means of the knob f', so that the locking edges f will engage the single recesses c3 at the ends of the retaining means c, which project beyond the side pieces of the holder and through the recesses e4 at the side of the hinged cover.

In Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 a somewhat different Tform of holder and locking device or catch is illustrated. Therein the holder comprises a box-likeframe, as before, having secured to its rear wall 1 a single spindle 2, projecting centrally forward beyond the open end of the4 box-like frame, where the spindle is provided with a single recess, as shown in Fig. 7, to be engaged by the locking device or catch, to be described.

Hinged to the box-like frame, Figs. 6 to 9, lis the hinged cover 3, connected to the frame by the hinge 4 and having pivotally mounted on the exterior face thereof the locking device or catch 5, pivoted at 6 and provided with a knob or handle 7. This locking device or catch 5, as shown in Fig. 8, has its lowered end recessed at 8, so that its projecting end 9 will engage the side of the spindle 2 and enter the single recess at the end thereof in order to hold the cover in closed position. Sustained within the box-like frame is the follower l0, having a central opening 11 for engaging the spindle 2, on which it may slide, said follower being urged normally forward by means of a spring 12, secured near its upper end and extending within the box-like frame. A suitable means, such as the clip 13, pivoted at 14 upon the side of the boxlike frame and provided with a thumb-piece 15 and a suitable spring or springs 16,' may be provided for holding the device upon the person of the waiter using the same. It will be noted that in this construction the hinged cover "3 is provided with side portions, as

shown in Fig). 6, which embrace the outer edges of the ox-like frame and serve tov position the cover as it is moved to its closing position, asuitable perforation, as 17, being provided in the cover for the accommodation of the spindle 2, which projects therethrough, as shown in Figs. 7 and 9. In this form of the device, as in that previously described, it will be noted that the locking device consists of a swinging catch which is mounted upon the outer surface of the cover and has a handle or knob by which it can be readily moved on its pivotal connection with the cover to carry its locking portion into engagement with or out of engagement from the notch in the retaining means for the sales-checks.

In each device the cover is readily locked and unlocked, so that it can be closed or opened at will without the provision of a special key or other specially-devised means separate from the holder itself.

Having thus described my invention,.what

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-to the I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isd

1. A holder for sales-checks comprising a box-like frame having an open side and end, retaining means secured to the interior of the frame for retaining the sales-checks therein, a iiat spring for normally pressing the lsalesoheeks toward the end of the frame, said spring engaging and being guided by the said retainin means, a cover for said end hinged ox-like frame, a catch pivotally mounted on the exterior oi said cover and having a portion to engage With the retaining means for the sales-cheeks to thereby hold said cover in closed position, said catch being provided With a handpieee or knob exterior of the eover for o erating the catch.

2. In a holder or sales-cheeks, the combination of a boxelike frame having an open end and side, retaining means for the saleschecks extending longitudinally of the frame at each side on the interior thereof, a hinged cover for closing the open end of the frame, a looking-catch rotatably mounted on the exterior surface of the hinged @over and having a handpieee for operating it, said lookingoatoh having looking edges for engaging the retainin means extending on each side of the boxike frame.

8. In a holder for saleseeheoks, the combination of a box-like'rame having an open `end and side, retaining means for the salesohecls extending longitudinally of the frame at each side on the interior thereof, a hinged cover for closing the open end of the frame, and having recesses at each side thereof, a loeliing-eateh rotatably mounted on the exterior surface of the'hinged cover and having a handpiece for operating it, said lookingeateh having looking edges for engaging the retaining means extending on each side of the boxike frame.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

EDWARD D. MCKENNA.

Witnesses:

GEORGE B. B. LAMB, WM. K. HAMMOND, Jr. 

